LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Neville Taylor GLENN
Service No: 420741
Born: Kiama NSW, 26 October 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 November 1941
Unit: No. 183 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Thorney Island, Hampshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 183 Squadron Typhoon aircraft MN465), English Channel, 2 May 1944, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel and Stella Glenn; husband of Olive Isabel Helen Glenn, of Dee Why, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Queanbeyan NSW
Remembered: Panel 257, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Queanbeyan and District Honour Roll, Queanbeyan NSW
On 2 May 1944 Typhoon MN465 in company with other aircraft took off from Thorney Island and set course for the French coast. When the other aircraft settled down some 2 to 3 miles off the English coast, Flying Officer Glenn was not in the formation and it was presumed that he had returned to Base because of some defect. It was when the formation returned to base that he was found to be missing. A 1949 report recorded that Flying Officer Glenn had lost his life at sea.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/15/240
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line